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Oyster Soup With Fresh & Smoked Oysters

A home-style Oyster Soup With Fresh & Smoked Oysters made with Stephen Ceideburg, Sl Bacon Cut Into Thin Strips, Lg Onion Cut Into Fine Dice, Lg Leek White Part Only Sliced Thin, and Lg Red Potato. Serves 6. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.

Ingredients

• Stephen Ceideburg
• 6
• 1
• 1
• 1
• 1 cup
• 4 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 4 cup
• 16
• 7 oz
• 1/2 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Peeled and cut into 1/2inch dice ** well rinsed in cold water, gently patted dry

2. 2

   Cook the bacon in a 3-quart pot over medium high heat until lightly browned, about 4 minutes.

3. 3

   Add the onion and leek and cook until softened, about 4 minutes, stirring often.

4. 4

   Add the potato, cream, milk and clam juice and bring to boil. Simmer, uncovered, until potato is just short of cooked, about 8 minutes.

5. 5

   Add the spinach and fresh and smoked oysters and cook just until fresh oysters are cooked, about 1 minute.

6. 6

   Add additional clam juice if needed for consistency.

7. 7

   Season with salt and white pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

8. 8

   Nathalie Dupree writing in the San Francisco

9. 9

   Chronicle, 11/20/91.